Game apparatus



A. STRASB GAME APPA APPLICATION HLED .1918.

1,345,277 Patented June 29,1920. Y

4! INVENTOR M W T ORNEYS uNIrEn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AMELIA STRASBURGER, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

GAME APPARATUS.

Application filed January 4, 1918'. Serial N0. 210,357.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMELIA STRASBURGER, citizen of the United States, and resident of No. 241 IV. 101st street, in the borough of Manhattan, city of New York, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Game Appa ratus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to game apparatus and particularly to game apparatus which is educational in its character as well as adapted for amusement purposes.

The main object of the invention is to provide an apparatus which makes necessary the use of arithmetical calculations in playing games adaptable to it. object is the production of an apparatus of this class which is of low cost, and adapted for the use of small or large parties of players. i v

The apparatus of my present invention embodies a plurality of members which I term playing pieces, which may bear devices,

such as characters, symbols or representations, representing numbers, and which devices, characters, symbols or representations may be formed in any suitable manner such as numbers in Arabic notation, or the like.

These pieces are played in conjunction with what I term amaster piece or master game piece or pieces, which piece or pieces may also be provided withdevices such as characters or representations representing numbers that bear arithmetical relationsto' the devices, characters or representations on the before-mentioned playing pieces, such as product or sums of those characters, repre sentations or numbers. V v 1 In the production of the va ious pa'rtsof my improved game apparatus, I have found it very advantageous to make them ofthin flat material such as paper board or the like, and to print, impress or otherwise form the characters, representations or numbers thereon. With this construction ,I- sometimes term the members respectively master cards and playing cards. I

In the drawing accompanying and'forming part, of this specification I .have illus trated means for carrying out the abovementioned object, together with other features of my invention not hereinbefore described and which will be fully brought out as the description progresses."

Another acters or numbers C in each space.

Figure l'of the drawing is a face or plan view of one of the master game pieces or cards.

Fig. 2 is a face or plan view of the oppositedside of the same master game piece or car Figs. 3 and 4 are face or plan views of other master pieces or master cards.

Fig. 5 illustrates a few of the playing pieces or cards adapted to be used with master pieces or cards such as those illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive.

Fig. 6 is a diagram illustrativeof modes of using my present invention in playing games.

Like reference characters refer to like parts in all figures ofthe drawing.

In allthe figures of the drawing the master game pieces or cards are designated by the letter A, and the playing pieces or cards by the letter B. Referring to Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, it wi'll'be noted that the master pieces or cards are provided with characters on their faces, such as 16, 30, 72, 24, etc.,

and I have designated such master card characters or numbers by the letter C. I

these characters. For convenience in using the master cards with the other cards that make up a set, I make the cards A polygonal in shape, so that the sides D of the polygons shall form straight edges against which the edges of the playing pieces or cards can be set. I also divide the surfaces of the rimster cards into spaces, as by means of radial lines such as E,'and place one of the char These spaces may or may not be colored, but it is provided that when the spaces are arranged indifferent colors that this feature may in fiuence the playing of the games. In Figs. 1

' and 3, I have indicatedconventionally how the master game pieces may be colored, and in Fig. 5 I have indicated howthe playing pieces may be colored, also conventionally.

As hereinbefore noted each of these pieces is indicated by B, and each is provided with one or moredevices such as characters, representations or numbers which I designate by F,wliich characters or devices can be arranged in various ways, such as, one in the center of a card or piece, one on each of the four corners when there are four char acters and the card is rectangular, andin other Ways desired, some of which are Specification of Letters Patent. "Patented J une 29, 1920.

of v pointssay twenty-five. The

illustrated in the figure of the drawing referred to. The characters or numbers F bear arithmetical relations to the characters or numbers on the masterpieces, as for instance, the left hand card of Fig. 5 bears the characters 8, 8, which by addition can be matched with. 16' on the master card of Fig. 1. The arithmetical relation might be expressed in a multiplication form by reading it two times 8. The playing pieces or cards are preferably rectangular inform, so

that their ed es can be set squarely against the sides D of the master pieces or cards A. When the cards B arecolored, usually'only a single color is employed on a card, and

' colors and numbers are so arranged that a color and combination of numbers on a B card are matched to a space of the same color on an card when the number in that space bears the properv arithmetical relation to the number or numbers or devices on the B card, such relation being the product, sum or other result determined upon. The color feature may determine the scoring, as for instance, if a-red card is drawn whose numbers result in 16 and two master cards bear the number 16 but only one has it in a red space, then the latter will score.

Various modes of playing games with this apparatus are possible and one of these will 7 now be described and isas follows:

Severalpersons are to play and each takes a master card A, placing it on the table beforehim. The object of the game is'to determine who will be first to complete the master card or to gain a certainnumber shufiles and places the playing cards 1? face downward on the table, takes up the top card and reads the characters or numbers on it, as for example he reads the left hand card in Fig. 5 as two eights,or twice 8. The person having 16 on his master card calls this number, receives the card B, places it in position against vhis masterycard, and

scores one or such number as shall be arranged for. 'If two persons have 16 ontheir master cards, the person first to call correctly gets the card, or'the one matching the Beard in both color and number may receive it in the manner hereinbefo'rermentioned.

dealer art in diverse ways although thei herein de- I scribed type is regarded as embodying substantial improvements over such modifications. 7

As many changes could be made with the above apparatus, and many apparently widely different embodiments of the invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all the V matter contained in the, above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted in an illustrative and i not in a limiting sense. V, I

It is furthermore desired to be understood that the language used in the following claims is intended to cover all the genericand specific features of the invention herein described, and all statements of, the scope of the invention whichvas a matter of language might be said to fall therebetween.

What I claim is 7 1. 'A game apparatus comprising a mas- V ter game piece provided witha series of de vices representing nonconsecutive, numbers,

and a plurality of playing pieces each provided with one or more devices,, the arithr metical result of the devices on any playing piece being equal to a number represented on the game piece. I

2, A game apparatus comprising aplurality of master game pieces each provided with a different series of devices represent- 1 ing different nonconsecutive numbers, and a plurality of playing pieces each of which is also provided with one or more of the beforementioned devices, the arithmetical re sult of the said devices on any playing piece being equal to a number represented on one of the master game pieces.

3. A game apparatus comprising a "mass ter card provided with 'a series of numbers or devices, and a plurality of playing cards each provided with one or more nonconsecu-r ti've numbers or devices, the arithmetical 're--' sult of the numbers or devices on-any playing card being equalto one of the numbers represented on the master card; 7 V

4. A game apparatus comprising a 'plu-' rality of master cards eachprovided with a series of nonconsecutive numbers or devices representing nonconsecutive numbers, one or more of which series is or are different frond the others, and a plurality of playing cards each provided with one or more numbers or devices, the arithmetical result of the numbers or devices on any playing card being equal to oneof the numbers represented on a master card.

5. A game apparatus comprising "a master card provided with a plurality of spaces of different colors and different numbers inidifferent spaces, and a pluralityof playing cards of colors corresponding to the colors of the spaces on the master card and each playing card provided with one or more numbers whose arithmetical result equals a number on a space of the same color on the master card.

6. A game apparatus comprising a plurality of master cards each provided with spaces and numbers, one in each space, and a plurality of playing cards each provided with one or more numbers whose arithmetical result is equal to a number represented on a master card..

7. A game apparatus comprising a pinrality of polygonal master cards each provided with a series of factorable numbers and a plurality of rectangular playing cards each provided with one or more numbers which are factors of numbers on a master card whose arithmetical result e uals a number represented on a master car 8. A game apparatus comprising a plurality of polygonal master cards each divided radially into spaces and bearing a series of numbers, one number in each space, and a plurality of rectangular playing cards each provided with one or more numbers, the

arithmetical result of the numbers on any each space having a number and a plurality of playing cards of different colors corresponding to those of the spaces of the master cards and each provided With one or more numbers the arithmetical result of the numbers on any playing card being equal to one of the numbers represented on a master card. v

10. A game apparatus comprising a plurality of master cards each provided with a series of numbers, and a plurality of playing cards each provided with one or more numbers whose sum or product equals a number on a master card.

11. A game apparatus comprising a plurality of master cards each provided with spaces and numbers, one number in each space, and a plurality of playing cards each provided with one or more numbers whose sum is equal to a number on a master card.

12. A game apparatus comprising a plurality of polygonal master cards each divided radially into spaces of diiferent colors andreach bearing a series of numbers, one number in each space, and a plurality of rectangular playing cards of different colors corresponding to those of the spaces of the master cards and each provided with one or more numbers, the sum of the numbers on any playing card being equal to a number on a master card. 1

Signed at the city of New York, in th county of New York and State of New York, this 26th day of December, 1917.

AMELIA STRASBURGER.

Witnesses:

EMANUEL LUCK, LUCILE STRASBURGER. 

